Let me know if you have any vector to pixel art conversion questions! Grab the free starter file to follow along here: www.patreon.com/posts/85953894 Happy Illustrating! 😊
I personally love the look of pixel art, it holds a lot of nostalgia when it comes to favorite childhood games. There are a lot of visual styles I don't necessarily love though that lot's of other people like. It's all subjective 😊
@@VectorArtAcademy Definitely! I thought it must be something like that - thank you for your response & I appreciate your time being put into these videos. I have been a Production Artist for years & am happy to say that I have learned several new techniques watching your channel. ☺
It's so good to hear that you've learned some new things here, I feel like production art is where you have to have so much specialized knowledge (and patience!) I've been on that side of things but very briefly and it was about 15 years ago now. I still have the utmost respect for anyone dealing with an influx of client files of varying quality!
I know this is a late reply but I'm really glad you enjoyed this :) If you are making a lot of pixelart that does not need to be vector I highly recommend www.aseprite.org/ its the first pixel art program I really fell in love with using, I found it way easier that Photoshop and others.
I'm from Ukraine and unfortunately I'm very bad at English. But this is the first video that I came across on this topic and I’m glad that I came across it, it helped me a lot!
Thank you for this tutorial! I didn't know this mosaic tool existed. I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out a good workflow to vectorize my existing pixel art. This worked wonders! All I had to do was input the dimensions of the pixel art into the width and height of the mosaic and it perfectly converted it.
I'm so glad you found it helpful! I didn't discover the mosaic tool until last year its one of those hidden gems. Not sure what program you are doing the original pixel art in but I believe Aseprite has an SVG export option as well, I haven't experimented with that but may be another thing to try.
Sorry for the late reply, so happy you liked the tutorial! It is indeed all vector this way so you can scale to your heart's content. I've had a few questions about why one would make pixel art in vector in the first place and one of the great things is that you can scale it up infinitely which is super helpful for using your pixel art in designs like marketing materials or logos for a game that need to be produced in different sizes and stay super sharp.
@@VectorArtAcademy no need to apologise! I figured out a while later the tiles are vector only. Thanks a lot for this tutorial. It's super helpful in a webtoon am working on. Thanks for the amazing tutorial 🥺❤
Thanks for the question! I think it depends on the complexity of the art you start with and how accurate it needs to be to the original. with simple art that doesn't need to be too accurate (or will be heavily edited later,) this is a quick way to get started. For art that is a little more complex you might want the control of the live paint method, however if you're making anything extensive that doesn't have to be vector based I'd say you're better off in a program specifically for pixel are like www.aseprite.org/
Hmm not that I know of, sorry! That's a more complex process that you'd probably have to build manually. I wouldn't be surprised if there was an AI tool for this in the future though!
Hey glad you are liking the channel! This has been requested quite a few times now, it's definitely still a popular look for indy game design, (some of my favorites like Stardew Valley have the classic pixel art look.)
@@VectorArtAcademy OMGosh! The comment kept disappearing so I tried reposting it several times and now I see them all. I am very embarrassed! 😶 I will delete the repeats. Again _ I do *enjoy* your channel and thank you for the response!
Oh no worries at all, I'm so happy you enjoy the channel and if there's anything in particular you are interested in or curious about with Illustrator I'm always open to ideas and happy to help!
@@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333 I do enjoy flat graphics as it is just a simpler graphic design that conveys meaning with the most stylized, simple look. It's a great way to use less colors if you want to stick to a 3-color or less job for budget or branding purposes. I do also get why the pixel art look is appealing in a nostalgic way to older gamers or people who want a retro gaming look. To me though it just sets of lo-res warning bells in my graphics brain. I have been so trained to look out for lo-res art that needs to be replaced.
